Maarten P.M. Vanhove, assistant professor at Hasselt University (Research Group Zoology), holds master’s degrees in biology (2006) and social-cultural anthropology (2007), and a PhD in sciences (2012) from KU Leuven. He was a researcher at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, and Masaryk University; biodiversity policy scientist focusing on capacity development at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; and curator of worms at the Finnish Museum of Natural History (University of Helsinki). He studies parasite diversity and genetics in evolutionary and conservation-relevant contexts, and biodiversity policy, especially in Africa and the Mediterranean. He is active in the Belgian One Health Network and the Royal Belgian Zoological Society board, and he received the 2002 Jacques Kets Prize for Biology (Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp), best young researcher presentation award (2013 International Symposium on Monogenea), and the 2013 Henri Schouteden Prize (Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts).